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Brewer's: Greek Church
includes the church within the Ottoman Empire subject to the patriarch of Constantinople, the church in the kingdom of Greece, and the Russo-Greek Church. The Roman and Greek Churches…Choosing a Pope
Learn how a new pope is selected upon the death or retirement of a sitting pontiff Benedict XVI Related Links Biography of Benedict XVI Major Religions of the World…Summer Sizzlers | August 2000
by Beth Rowen Cecil B. DeMented John Waters lashes out against mainstream film in his latest entry, which the outlandish auteur named after himself. (It's his nickname.) Stephen Dorff plays the…How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass
The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic "There will always be an audience for innocence in this country." —Charles Schulz Peanuts Holiday Specials 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas…Brewer's: Freemasons
In the Middle Ages a guild of masons specially employed in building churches. Called “free” because exempted by several papal bulls from the laws which bore upon common craftsmen, and…2000 Sports Moments
Clemens Goes Batty, Carter Plays Leapfrog, and Rulon Gardner Upsets by Mike Morrison, Gerry Brown, and John Gettings Related Links 2000 Year in Review2000 Baseball Season2000 Grand Slam…Brewer's: Fourteen
in its connection with Henri IV. and Louis XIV. The following are curious and strange coincidences: HENRI IV. 14 letters in the name Henri-de-Bourbon. He was the 14th king of France and…Brewer's: Intercalary
(Latin). Inserted between or amongst others. Thus, an intercalary day is a day foisted in between two others, as the 29th February in leap-year. (See Calends.) “It was the custom with…Brewer's: Excommunication
(1) The greater is exclusion of an individual from the seven sacraments, from every legitimate act, and from all intercourse with the faithful. (2) The lesser excommunication is…2006 Deaths: R - Z
RajkumarLou RawlsSid RaymondDana ReeveJean-François RevelJason RhoadesAnn RichardsLloyd RichardsHam RichardsonPaul RigbyA.M. RosenthalJoe RosenthalMarie RudisillIbrahim RugovaLouis…